martie 05, 2014

it’s a trick

'...It’s tempting to dismiss Zeno’s argument as sophistry, but that reaction
is based on either laziness or fear. Laziness, because thinking about
the paradox gives the feeling that you’re perpetually on the verge of
solving it without ever doing so—the same feeling that Achilles would
have about catching the tortoise. Fear, because being outwitted by a man
who died before humans conceived of the number zero delivers a significant blow to one’s self-image.'